A year later, rebuilding fire-ravaged Paradise: Reporter's Notebook.
One year after the Camp Fire, the deadliest and most destructive ever in California, swept through Paradise and the surrounding area, the city is more of a massive construction project than a municipality where 26,000 people used to live.
I'll never forget the pitch-black sky in the middle of the afternoon. It was terrifying, and, of course, we didn't yet realize the extent of the devastation. "Any time you're faced with a tragedy, what are your choices? You either get up and move forward or you completely give up," Gregory told me."And I think for the town of Paradise, and for all of us who lived here, we couldn't give up. This is our home."
Brad Weldon, one of the only people to stay in Paradise throughout the entire ordeal, is still living in his home that was spared by the fire. He now has his sister, several friends and a pack of friends' dogs living with him.
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